Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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